Sleep Deficiency: Epidemiology and Effects.

Adequate sleep is an important pillar of physical and mental health. Sleep deficiency, resulting from short sleep or suboptimal sleep quality, is highly prevalent in modern society. Occupation, social demands, psychiatric disorders, physical disorders, and sleep disorders are some of the contributing factors to sleep deficiency.

Association of alternative polysomnographic features with patient outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review.

Study Objectives: Polysomnograms (PSGs) collect a plethora of physiologic signals across the night. However, few of these PSG data are incorporated into standard reports, and hence, ultimately, under-utilized in clinical decision making. Recently, there has been substantial interest regarding novel alternative PSG metrics that may help to predict obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)-related outcomes better than standard PSG metrics such as the apnea-hypopnea index.

Sleep Deficiency: Epidemiology and Effects.

Adequate sleep is an important pillar of physical and mental health. Sleep deficiency, resulting from short sleep or suboptimal sleep quality, is highly prevalent in modern society. Occupation, social demands, psychiatric disorders, physical disorders, and sleep disorders are some of the contributing factors to sleep deficiency.

Revisiting level II sleep studies in the era of COVID-19: a theoretical economic decision model in patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea.

Background: The recent pandemic has made it more challenging to assess patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with in laboratory polysomnography (PSG) due to concerns of patient and staff safety. The purpose of this study was to assess how Level II sleep studies (LII, full PSG in the home) might be utilized in diagnostic algorithms of suspected OSA using a theoretical decision model.

Methods: We examined four diagnostic algorithms for suspected OSA: an initial PSG approach, an initial LII approach, an initial Level III approach (LIII, limited channel home sleep study) followed by PSG if needed, and an initial LIII approach followed by LII if needed.

Latent Tuberculosis Therapy Outcomes in Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort.

Rationale & Objectives: Maintenance dialysis patients are at an increased risk for active tuberculosis (TB). In 2012, British Columbia, Canada, began systematically screening maintenance dialysis patients for latent TB infection (LTBI) and treating people with evidence of LTBI when appropriate. We examined LTBI treatment outcomes and compared treatment outcomes before and after rollout of the systematic screening program.

Long-term all-cause mortality in people treated for tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Accurate estimates of long-term mortality following tuberculosis treatment are scarce. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the post-treatment mortality among tuberculosis survivors, and examine differences in mortality risk by demographic and clinical characteristics.

Methods: We systematically searched Embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews for cohort studies published in English between Jan 1, 1997, and May 31, 2018.